The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the successful prosecution and conviction of a Santa Barbara commercial lobster fisherman on a multitude of commercial lobster ...

Three commercial fishermen based in the Florida Keys were arrested Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, after being accused of raiding another angler’s lobster traps. Getty Images Three commercial fishermen were ...

Federal regulators have been electronically tracking commercial lobster boats for a couple of years. It's a practice that was ...

Twenty-five volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara and Tidy Seas removed more than 50 lobster traps from the coastline, along with all the ...

The fifth estate investigates misconceptions and allegations fuelling conflict in Canada’s largest lobster fishery, where ...

Twenty-three volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing community worked together recently to remove more than 30 lobster traps that had washed ashore. This is ...

Two Miami-Dade men and one Broward man are in Monroe County jail on felony lobster trap robbing charges after Florida fish and wildlife police said they caught them in the act of poaching from ...

A lobsterman was allegedly found illegally trap fishing on the Shark River Reef in August, according to the New Jersey Conservation Officer's Association. Lobster fishermen are not allowed to place ...

The commercial lobster fishing season in southwestern Nova Scotia kicks off as fishing boats race to dump their traps in ...

NEWINGTON — The captain of a 400-foot-long Panamanian cargo ship was arrested by New Hampshire Fish and Game agents June 6 for using stolen lobster and crab fishing gear and for being unlicensed, ...

Three commercial fishermen were arrested this week after being accused of raiding another commercial angler’s traps and stealing at least one spiny lobster. Their arrest Tuesday came five days after ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. On Saturday, April 19th, twenty-three volunteers with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and members of the commercial fishing ...